For example, at the beginning of the film, the protagonist kills a cat and eats it. Why is it a cat? Because cats have a deep relationship with Gedu. Cats are the only domestic animals that are not mentioned in the bible, while the Kidu believers believe that cats are evil animals. The medieval Kidu church once encouraged cat abuse and tied the poor cat to the cross as a witch and burned it alive. The church bell tower was thrown down to death, and the behavior was horrible. This influence continues to this day.
Then the protagonist took off a pair of dead leather shoes and put on him. There is also an allusion in the Bible. Christians must wear the full armor of God to fight against the devil. One of them is "Use the gospel of peace as shoes for walking." On the feet", the protagonist wears a pair of good shoes first, which means that he is going to fight the devil as a Christian.
I feel that there are many allusions of such details, but I am not a believer after all, and I am not interested at all, so I won't research it anymore. The above two are also allusions of Baidu. Those who are interested can check it out by themselves.
However, although there are many cult elements, as a movie, especially a big production packaged in the style of science fiction, wasteland, and radiation, it can only be said that the basic narrative logic of a movie is abandoned for the purpose of missionary effect. This makes this film even more sparse than The Knowing. If The Knowing is not viewed as a religious film, but as a third-rate sci-fi film about the creation and destruction of mankind by aliens, it is at least rigorous and credible, and there is no major omission.
On the other hand, in The Book of Eli, in order to reflect the magic of religious belief, a half-old man was written as Superman. During the filming, I once imagined that the World War is a war between humans and robots, and the protagonist is a robot (but like the Terminator In 2018, I didn’t know this. I took the task to send the peace-symbolizing bible to the human leader because he said there was a voice suggesting that he did this. I thought it was a pre-programmed function. However, when the film finally discovered that his invincible aura turned out to be because of his belief in God, I couldn't help spraying a sip of tea onto the monitor-is this the legendary "Brother Xinchun, have eternal life"?
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